9 - A.K. 47 - Make Way for Winged Eros: A Letter to Working Youth, Part I
Happy Spring! This is the first episode in a series of episodes that will feature Kristen R. Ghodsee's reading and discussion of Alexandra Kollontai's 1923 essay: "Make Way for Winged Eros: A Letter ...
21 Mar 201917min
8 - A.K. 47 - Kollontai Speaks "To the Workers"
Happy International Women's Day! This episode features an actual audio clip of Alexandra Kollontai speaking "to the workers." This undated audio clip was downloaded from the www.marxists.org website, ...
8 Mar 201914min
7 - A.K. 47 - What Has the October Revolution Done for Women in the West?
On the 10th anniversary of the October Revolution in 1927, Alexandra Kollontai published an essay titled, "What Has the October Revolution Done for Women in the West?" In this episode, Kristen Ghodsee...
7 Mar 201914min
6 - A.K. 47 - The Labour of Women in the Evolution of the Economy
In 1920, the Soviet Union became the first country in the world to legalize abortion. In this episode, Kristen Ghodsee reads a few paragraphs from Alexandra Kollontai's 1921 essay: "The Labour of Wom...
6 Mar 201916min
5 - A.K. 47 - Sexual Relations and the Class Struggle
In this episode, Kristen R. Ghodsee reads selections from Alexandra Kollontai's 1921 essay, "Sexual Relations and the Class Struggle." Here, Kollontai describes the loneliness people feel when they th...
20 Feb 201914min
4 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode: A radical conversation with a 17-year-old
In this episode, Kristen Ghodsee discusses the contemporary relevance of Alexandra Kollontai with her 17-year-old daughter. What does a socialist theorist writing over a century ago have to tell young...
11 Feb 201916min
3 - A.K. 47 - First International Socialist Women's Conference 1907
In this second episode, Kristen Ghodsee takes a moment to introduce herself and to give some background on Alexandra Kollontai. Ghodsee then reads the first section of Kollontai's report from the Firs...
2 Feb 201914min
2 - A.K. 47 - Women's Day 1913
In this first episode, Kristen Ghodsee provides and introduction and reads an abridged version of Alexandra Kollontai's 1913 article in Pravda. Published on March 8 (February 23 in Russia), this essay...
30 Jan 201914min
